Re: [SLUG] Question: Linux for Business

From: Seth Hollen (seth@hollen.org)
Date: Mon Jan 14 2002 - 17:34:00 EST


I would probably say SAMBA TNG (the next generation) for more PDC/BDC
features, but this isn't from first hand knowledge, mainly talking w/
others about the limitations of samba 2.2.
I really like star-office 6.0 beta, I AM VERY IMPRESSED by it.

Seth

On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 13:35, jeremy bowers wrote:
> Folks-
>
> Demo-ing linux on a small scale for a business in Orlando, and one of the
> main concerns is MS Office compatibility. (Of course) I'm going to recommend
> StarOffice and Applixware as suites, or AbiWord and Gnumeric as
> stand-alone programs.
>
> Two part question:
> a.) What's a good equivalent to MS access or powerpoint? Preferably gnome
> and not KDE, with an equivalent "look n' feel" to MS.
>
> b.) Anyone tried Samba 3.0's active directory features? If so, wanna talk
> shop?
>
> Still pretty new to slug,
> Jeremy
>
> --
> This message courtesy of PINE!
> It's the fresh scent, not the graphics.
>



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